Big Stompers having 2 flat resistance is really funny.
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:19 am
So, I was randomly looking through Factoriopedia and noticed that Big Stompers, with their 15k health have have 2/50% physical resistance.
I was chuckling to myself thinking, "What is even the point of those 2 flat? My railguns are perfectly capable of shredding through anything that stands in their way."
Until I actually checked.
Railgun Damage Upgrade level 5 -> +200% damage
Total Physical Damage = 30k
(30k - 2) * 0.5 = 14,999 Damage.
Meaning these bastards survived on exactly 1HP.
I never noticed amidst all the carnage caused by dozens of Stompers and Strafers being fired at with Rockets, Testla Turrets and Railguns.
So I just wanted to make this post to say:
Well played devs. Well played.
I was chuckling to myself thinking, "What is even the point of those 2 flat? My railguns are perfectly capable of shredding through anything that stands in their way."
Until I actually checked.
Railgun Damage Upgrade level 5 -> +200% damage
Total Physical Damage = 30k
(30k - 2) * 0.5 = 14,999 Damage.
Meaning these bastards survived on exactly 1HP.
I never noticed amidst all the carnage caused by dozens of Stompers and Strafers being fired at with Rockets, Testla Turrets and Railguns.
So I just wanted to make this post to say:
Well played devs. Well played.